Eviction cleanouts are a specific corner of the cleanout business that we handle. The tenant is gone. The unit is yours back. There's stuff in there that needs to go before the next tenant can move in. Landlords and property managers usually want this done fast, cleanly, and without surprises. Here's how the work actually runs.
When the cleanout happens
The cleanout fits at a specific moment in the eviction timeline. After the legal process has run its course and the unit is yours to clear. The cleanout is the step that turns the unit back into a rentable space.
For most landlords, the cleanout is also the moment they finally know what they're dealing with. Until you can walk through the unit, you don't know if it's "the previous tenant left a couch" or "the previous tenant left everything they ever owned."
What we typically find
Eviction units usually fall into one of three categories:
- Light. A couch, a bed, some kitchenware, trash bags. Half a truckload.
- Medium. Furniture in most rooms, clothing, personal items, maybe an appliance. A full truckload.
- Heavy. A full unit's worth of contents, sometimes including hoarding-level accumulation. Multiple truckloads or a dumpster on site.
The job sizing is rarely accurate from the phone description. Photos help. For bigger jobs, an in-person visit before the cleanout day is sometimes the right call. We'll usually quote a range from the description and photos and refine on arrival.
The legal stuff (briefly)
We're a hauling company, not a law firm. NH has specific rules about abandoned tenant property, storage periods, and how the legal process is supposed to run. None of that is our department.
Most landlords and property managers calling us have already cleared the legal piece before booking. We don't make the legal determination about what counts as abandoned. We haul what the landlord identifies as going.
If you're not sure about the legal status of items in the unit, talk to your attorney before we start. Once we haul, items are gone.
How the cleanout day usually runs
A typical eviction cleanout job:
- Confirm scope. Either on the phone with photos or, for bigger units, at the unit itself. The landlord or property manager identifies anything to set aside (documents, anything they want to retain), and we agree on what's going.
- Load. Crew loads the truck. Heavy items first, breakdown of furniture as needed, sweep of the unit.
- Disposal. Load goes to the transfer station for sorting and weighing. Items requiring special handling (refrigerators, mattresses, tires, etc.) get the per-item fee added.
- Invoice. Sent through our booking system after the work wraps.
Most single-unit eviction cleanouts run a half day to a full day on site. Multi-unit jobs scale up from there.
What about sorting
We don't sort during cleanouts. Anything you want to set aside (documents, photos, anything insurable, anything the tenant might claim) needs to be staged before we start, either in a separate room or marked clearly so we know not to touch it.
The cleanest setup:
- Landlord identifies one room or area as "set aside" before we start
- Anything in that area doesn't get hauled
- Everything else goes
This avoids on-site decisions during the load and keeps the job moving.
Cleaning vs cleanout
Eviction cleanouts handle the contents removal. They don't include unit cleaning (floors, walls, appliance interiors, carpet shampooing). Most landlords schedule a cleaning service separately, usually the day after the cleanout, so the cleaner walks into an empty unit.
If your unit has carpet that needs replacing, drywall repair, or other reno work, the order is: cleanout first, repair second, cleaning last.
Pricing structure
Eviction cleanouts price like other house cleanouts: by truck volume, weight, labor, and per-item disposal fees for anything requiring special handling. Specific pricing is in our booking system and quoted from photos or an in-person visit.
What moves the price up:
- Multi-truckload volume
- Heavy materials (older furniture, lots of books, appliances)
- Access challenges (third-floor walkup, basement units, tight parking)
- Any pre-staging coordination on the landlord side
- Multiple appliances or items with per-item fees
What keeps it down:
- Light loads with easy access
- Landlord identifies everything as "all going"
- Single visit, no return trips
Repeat business
Eviction cleanouts come in from landlords, property managers, and the family or attorney handling the unit. Some are one-offs, some are repeat customers. The booking process is the same either way: scope from photos or in person, quote, schedule, load.
If you handle multiple properties and run into cleanouts more than once or twice a year, save the number. Repeat bookings are usually quicker.
The booking call
For an eviction cleanout, the questions are:
- Unit type (single-family, condo, apartment, multi-unit building)
- Rough scope (light, medium, heavy)
- Access (floor, elevator, parking)
- Timing (urgent, this week, flexible)
- Anything to set aside
Call 603-634-9947 to schedule. Photos to the same number speed up the quote.